Pat Recommends

Music and the Creative Spirit: Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde by Lloyd Peterson

9.9.2008

I am reluctant to include this only because I was lucky enough to be included in it, but after reading it cover to cover this summer I found it to be one of the best and most complete portraits on the state of jazz as it really is right now that has come along in, well....ever. Mr. Peterson asks great questions and gets detailed and deep responses from everyone. And the range and quality of musicians he picked is impeccable. Hearing the diverse points of view from this panoramic group of engaged musicians was inspiring and illuminating to me. Maybe the best book on jazz I have ever read. “Music and the Creative Spirit: Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde” by Lloyd Peterson